It's the time of the Revolutionary War in New Jersey. British soldiers are headed toward the Wright farm. The family is taking all the possessions they can load in their wagon and their large livestock to stay at a friend's farm until the Colonies' army can run the British away. Letty can't take her pet goose and all his wives. Letty is sure the soldiers will eat her geese, but doesn't know what she can do to stop them. As the family is leaving, Letty writes a letter to the soldiers, asking them to spare her geese. What will happen to her geese when the soldiers come?
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